You know how TV shows include the 1-minute recap of the important stuff from previous episodes? This helps viewers who forgot what happened the week before … if they even
You know how TV shows include the 1-minute recap of the important stuff from previous episodes? This helps viewers who forgot what happened the week before … if they even
This is the next part in Ace Castle’s valuable guest post series. Ace is a a career Coast Guard pilot and MaxDisclosure reader. We truly appreciate his insight. This is the fourth
Here’s a hard truth: your fellow staff leaders aren’t sure the PAO can have a lasting impact. Maybe communication initiatives are too hard to coordinate, or maybe no one wants
I was TDY in New York when I met with FBI NY’s PAO. She was great. She had a real hold on her responsibilities, her organization and did a bunch
My first Public Affairs task after DINFOS was the annual Best Warrior Competition, in Missouri for USACAPOC(A). Two real-deal Public Affairs NCOs showed LT Dave C. how to plan, cover
Popular journalism exists in packs. Packs of packs. Packs of writers, packs of editors, packs of flaks and packs of sources. The flaks and sources introduce facts into the pack.
The guy who led the NY Times Pentagon Papers team died this week. He was the real deal. It’s useful to consider the history, let me grossly over simplify and
A skilled communicator on my team once banned all uses of the word “that” in speech and writing. He enforced the rule with vigor. Seem unreasonable? It changed the way I
Military communicators, today at 1:30 p.m. (eastern), the SecDef and Chairman will brief the press in the Pentagon. Watch live and pay attention. It’s been exactly one year since then-SecDef
In 2016, Maximum Disclosure was going to be a book. We outlined the chapters and thought through lessons to share with the Public Affairs community. But we didn’t like the